Hart-Miller Island: 05/08/99

Eugene J. Scarpulla (gscarp@erols.com)
Mon, 10 May 1999 20:18:35 -0400


This is the Hart-Miller Island (Baltimore County, MD) report for May 8,
1999.(North American Migration Count)

The observers were Gene Scarpulla, Ralph Cullison, and Greg Futral.

Observation: 0740-1700
             AM: Foggy, 60 degrees F., SE 10K
             PM: Cloudy, 75 degrees F., N 15K

 Double-crested Cormorant        94
 Great Blue Heron                33
*GREAT EGRET                    *6
*SNOWY EGRET                    *4
*CATTLE EGRET                   *3
 Green Heron                     1
 Canada Goose                    9
 Mallard                         28 (18 male, 10 female)
 Lesser Scaup                    1 (male)
 Ruddy Duck                      1 (male)
 Osprey                          11
 Northern Harrier                3 (1 female, 2 immature)
 Sharp-shinned Hawk              1
 American Kestrel                1
 Black-bellied Plover            2
 Semipalmated Plover             12
 Killdeer                        14
 Greater Yellowlegs              3
 Lesser Yellowlegs               13
*WILLET                         *1 (EASTERN)
 Spotted Sandpiper               27
 Semipalmated Sandpiper          13
 Least Sandpiper                 93
 Dunlin                          9
 peep sp.                        20
 Bonaparte's Gull                8
 Ring-billed Gull                1
 Herring Gull                    376
 Great Black-backed Gull         180
 Caspian Tern                    290
*ROYAL TERN                     *5
 Common Tern                     4
 Least Tern                      1
 Mourning Dove                   7
 Yellow-billed Cuckoo            1
*COMMON NIGHTHAWK               *1
 Chimney Swift                   5
 Ruby-throated Hummingbird       2
 Red-bellied Woodpecker          1
 Great Crested Flycatcher        1
 Eastern Kingbird                13
 American Crow                   1
 Fish Crow                       8
 Tree Swallow                    65
 Barn Swallow                    23
*BLUE JAY                       *186
 Carolina Chickadee              1
 Tufted Titmouse                 1
 Carolina Wren                   3
 House Wren                      4
 Marsh Wren                      5
 Ruby-crowned Kinglet            2
 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher           1
 Eastern Bluebird                1
 Veery                           1
 Swainson's Thrush               2
 American Robin                  2
 Gray Catbird                    16
 Northern Mockingbird            4
*AMERICAN PIPIT                  3
 Cedar Waxwing                   10
 European Starling               4
 White-eyed Vireo                1
 Red-eyed Vireo                  1
 Northern Parula                 1
 Yellow Warbler                  28
 Black-throated Blue Warbler     1 (male)
 Yellow-rumped Warbler           35 (Myrtle)
 Blackpoll Warbler               1
 Black and White Warbler         4
 American Redstart               6
 Common Yellowthroat             37
*WILSON'S WARBLER               *1 (Male)
 Eastern Towhee                  1
 Chipping Sparrow                7
 Field Sparrow                   3
*SAVANNAH SPARROW               *41
 Song Sparrow                    71
 Swamp Sparrow                   6
 White-throated Sparrow          17
 White-crowned Sparrow           3
 Northern Cardinal               2
 Blue Grosbeak                   3 (2 male, 1 female)
 Bobolink                        5
 Red-winged Blackbird            119
 Common Grackle                  15
 Brown-headed Cowbird            33
 Orchard Oriole                  1 (male)
 House Finch                     1
 American Goldfinch              4

MAMMALS
 Raccoon                         1

BUTTERFLIES
 Eastern Tiger Swallowtail       1
 Cabbage White                   2
 Clouded Sulphur                 4
 Orange Sulphur                  2
 Painted Lady                    2
 butterfly sp.                   3

DRAGONFLIES
 Common Green Darner             8
 Black-mantled Glider            3
 large rust-colored body sp.     5
 small dragonfly sp.             5

 Gene Scarpulla
 Towson, Maryland
 gscarp@erols.com